The Atomic Ghost: An Artist Who Works With Digital Pastiche

Below are some images by an artist who goes by the pseudonym The Atomic Ghost.  His work has a whimsical,  lowbrow, pulp fiction vibe to it, and he has become famous for it.  But notice that he is collaging elements from preexisting material.  He does this digitally, using the very same tools and filters that you are learning to use now.  He doesn't always get his source material from the Internet like you are doing, however.  Often he will take images from magazines, photos, newspapers, and comic books and scan them into his computer.  Still, his method for constructing the image is the same as ours, selecting, cutting, and copying elements from one source and pasting them into another.  Check his stuff out: http://www.behance.net/theatomicghost

Aled Lewis: An Artist Who Works With Digital Pastiche

Below are a few examples of the work of Aled Lewis who uses digital college just as you are doing in class.  He does a lot of other types of work, as well, but nearly all of the make humorous pop culture references.  Check out his website: https://aledlewis.com/

Images for Class, January 24

Download the full resolution version of each image below into the "Downloads" folder in your "Assignment 1" folder:

Assignment #1 (February 5)

5 Digital Collage Images

• Search the Internet for LARGE digital images that you would like to cut and paste into a pastiche collage.
• Each collage should have some sort of background (either an image, a pattern, or a solid color) onto which you have pasted elements from other images in order to create a unique and multi-layered composition.
• Make use of the various tools, layers, filters, and color adjustment techniques we will cover in class.
• AT LEAST ONE COLLAGE IMAGE MUST INCLUDE THE RUBBER DUCKY BELOW.

Posting your work and commenting on the work of others:

• The finished images (in .jpg format) should be uploaded to your blog BEFORE 9:00 PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4.  
• Write some comments in your post about the assignment and your thoughts on each image you made.
• Then, AFTER 9:00 PM SUNDAY NIGHT, log into Blogger, go to each of your peers' blogs, check out their images, and leave a comment about their work.  
• What have they done well?
• What might they have done differently?
• Do you see issues that you dealt with in your own work?
• Do you have suggestions that could help them?  etc.  
• If you have obligations that interfere with this schedule, let me know IN ADVANCE so that we can make alternative plans.
• ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, we will critique the work in-class.  Come prepared to talk about the work and to offer constructive criticism.

Rubber Ducky, you're the one...to download!

Click "read more" below for examples from past students: